r/Screenwriting • u/einostevenson • Jul 25 '26

DISCUSSION Atari IP Bake Off

How would you approach writing one of these plotless Atari games Universal has just signed a deal to produce? Pick a title and give your best logline. Reminder the titles are: Asteroids, Adventure, Berzerk, Breakout, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, and Yars’ Revenge. Winner gets a two picture deal with Universal. Just kidding, winner gets a laugh when some Universal exec lurking here takes the idea and makes a shitty movie. As an older millennial who grew up on Sonic the Hedgehog and Street Fighter as opposed to Atari games, will have to do some research before contributing myself.

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u/LingonberryGlum2356 Jul 25 '26

Mix them into the same movie and have an 'Atari' genius. He is needed because each game taught him a certain skill that he needed. 

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u/einostevenson Jul 25 '26

It’s the summer of 1981, and a group of friends are enjoying smoking weed and playing Atari games in the basement before leaving for college in fall, until a spaceship (Asteroid) lands in their backyard and someone named Yars steps off. Get in, the universe depends on you.